Andy Reid may not last to end of lost season for Eagles (With Video)

Andy Reid watches in disbelief during the third quarter of the Eagles' 31-6 loss to the Redskins Sunday at FedEx Field. It was the sixth straight loss for the Birds and led to some buzz that his tenure as the head coach may be over soon. (Associated Press)

LANDOVER, Md. - Jeffrey Lurie defined unhappy as he and general manager Howie Roseman, among other Eagles officials and bodyguards, burst out of a freight elevator Sunday in the basement of FedEx Field.

Who could blame the owner after Robert Griffin III, who the Eagles thought too pricey, dropped four touchdown passes and a perfect 158.3 passer rating on them in a 31-6 laugher?

Forget the quarterback controversy.

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The only real question now is whether Lurie respects embattled head coach Andy Reid in the morning.

There is a buzz that some sort of Eagles change is in the works. Whom the Eagles, now 3-7 with a six-game losing streak, might offer to their following should they decide to change head coaches is anything but a slam-dunk.

Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg is a lot like Reid, who's been blown out in the last three games.

Defensive coordinator Todd Bowles doesn't look nearly as competent as when he was an interim head coach last year with the Miami Dolphins.

Since Reid elevated Bowles, the Eagles are 0-4, allowing 31.8 points per game and leaving fans wondering if they would be better off with the fired Juan Castillo. The Eagles have given up 11 touchdown passes in those four games. The opposition has an average 145.3 passer rating.

If you're looking for a safe interim head coach, there's always senior offensive assistant/wide receivers coach David Culley. He's popular with staff and players.

All of that said, Reid must run the table over the last seven games starting one week from today against the Carolina Panthers or he's in violation of Lurie's improve-or-else edict. Theoretically, the Eagles have to do better than 8-8 for Reid to stay. He has one year left on a contract worth $5.5 million annually.

Barring a staggering turnaround, the Eagles are headed for a second straight season out of the playoffs.

That would be a first under Reid.

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The Eagles started newly acquired veteran Jake Scott at right guard instead of Danny Watkins.

Though there were conflicting announcements about who would start the game against the Redskins, there was no question in the mind of Watkins. He would play only in an emergency.

"Friday, I was kind of upset," Watkins said of his sprained ankle. "It wasn't going to be where it needed to be. That's when they kind of made the decision to go with Jake."

Watkins practiced fully all week, according to Reid and the Eagles.

Scott got off to a rocky start with two false starts in the first quarter but calmed down thereafter.

NOTES: Including two victories last year, the Eagles had defeated the Redskins in three straight games by an average of three touchdowns per game. ... Rookie Bryce Brown had five rushes for 35 yards and averaged 22 yards on three kickoff returns. ... Technically, this is the first time the Eagles have lost six games in a row since they were beaten in what would be seven straight games from the last month of the 1998 season through Reid's first season .... The Eagles are 11-15 since the start of 2011. They're 2-7 since Reid closed practice to the media and they're the first team to lose while starting a rookie quarterback against the Redskins in the 'Skins' last nine starts. ... The Skins' 25-point margin of victory was the largest in the Mike Shanahan era here.